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thing of the Character that fills it, if I was not so well ac-
quainted with it. the deference and Obedience you owe to his
Majesty's Appointment will of Course dispose you to co-
operate in every thing his Lordship shall propose, for his
Majesty's Service and therefore I can have Nothing to rec-
ommend to you on that Head, but as a Friend of his Lord-
ships' I must indulge the pleasure of assuring you that his
Lordships natural Disposition and amiable qualities leave me
no Room to doubt but that you will have the greatest Satis-
faction in carrying on the public Business with him. The
Events of the ensuing Campaign, in which the Interest,
Honour and Safety of his Majesty's American Dominions,
are so deeply concerned are in the Hands of Providence; but
his Majesty as far as lie has been able to provide for the
Success of his Arms by the choice of a General seems to
have done it in the Appointment of the Earl of Loudoun. A
great Empire is to be fought for, and one in which his Maj-
esty's Subjects, if they exert themselves with the Vigour
they ought to do, have (I thank God) a manifest superiority
that their Minds may be wholly intent upon the great Busi-
ness in Hand, and in no Degree diverted by Considerations
of a lesser Moment from the important Object in View, it is
the Duty of the Governours of all his Majesty's provinces
(and I earnestly recommend it to you) to use their utmost
Endeavours in suppressing and preventing any partial pro-
vincial Altercations, Jealousies, or Disputes which may im-
pede and obstruct the just and vigorous Measures his Maj-
esty is pleased to pursue in maintenance of his just Rights,
the Honour of his Crown and the Security of his Subjects.
I am S^r your most obedient, and humble Servant
Dunk Halifax

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London March 9^th 1756:
Dear Sir
I have the Pleasure to deliver this to the Earl of Loudoun,
and to inform you of the Happiness his Majesty has done
America by his Appointm^t of his Lordship Commander in
chief of all his Forces there his Lordship's real Merit is so
well known and acknowledged as needs no Illustration. My
Desire is, and seriously require of you my Lieutenant Gov-
ernor, that you do not fail in Obedience to his Majestys Com-
mission to his Lordship, and to the Importance and Service
thereof, and that you in every thing with ffidelity will render
yourself and incite the Legislature of Assembly in the prov-
ince to give all Aid and Supply requisite, and to require the
Magistrates and Officers military as well as all other persons